KEY FACTS ABOUT ANTIBIOTICS

ANTIBI TICS RESISTANCENIRMALA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, MUVATTUPUZHA

TONY JOSE, TONY JOSE, SOUMIYA SUNNY

HOW IT SPREADS ?

1. ANTIBIOTICS ARE LIFE SAVING DRUGS

2. ANTIBIOTICS ONLY TREAT BACTERIAL INFECTIONS

3. SOME EAR INFECTIONS, MOST SORE THROATS DO NOT REQUIRE AN ANTIBIOTIC

4. COMPLETE THE OF COURSE OF DRUGS PRESCRIBED BY THE DOCTOR.

5. USE ANTIBIOTICS ONLY IF REQUIRED AND USE AS PER DIRECTIONS

REF: www.medicinenet.com

www.wikipedia.org

www.nhp.gov.inHOW IT HAPPENS ?ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE Defined as micro-organisms that are not inhibited by usually achievable systemic concentration of an antimicrobial agent with normal dosage

schedule and / or fall in the minimum inhibitory concentration range

CONSEQUENCES OF ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE

DISEASES USUALLY HIT BY ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE

TUBERCULOSIS PNEUMONIACANCER

TREATMENTS

URINARY TRACT

INFECTIONS

HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS

DIARRHOEAL INFECTIONS